✨Congratulations to Mr. Melvin Casey Lars on being our PowerUp Hero of Brighter Futures.
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Mr. Melvin Casey Lars is the founder and CEO of Brighter Futures, Inc, an academic consulting company that hosts summits and empowerment events for teens, parents, men, and athletes.
Mr. Lars is a native of Bossier City/Shreveport, Louisiana and he received several undergraduate and graduate academic degrees from various universities covering the states of Louisiana, California, Texas, Michigan, and Ohio. He is a twenty-eight (28) year leukemia cancer survivor and was given a zero (0%) percent chance to survive in November of 1990. He is also a retired High School principal where he served as an administrator for twenty-seven (27) years. He is an academician with an educational publication titled “Dare To Be Positive.”
Mr. Lars is also the host of “The Nobody Asked Me Guy Radio Show”, which specifically addresses a multiplicity of topics including but not limited to education, parenting, life lessons, sports, surviving the impossible as well as trending and historical stories of global interest.
Mr. Lars is a certified Violence Prevention and Intervention Specialist, receiving his certification and training through the prestigious Harvard University, with Dr. Renee Prothro-Stith. Mr. Lars is a former free-agent with the Houston Oilers, and Oakland Raiders, former Defensive line coach for the Shreveport Pelicans, as well as numerous head and assistant coaching positions from Louisiana to California.
He is most proud of his instructional tenure at the infamous George Washington Preparatory High School in South Central Los Angeles; with famed, nationally renowned Principal; Dr. George J. McKenna, III of the “George (Movie) McKenna Story”, Portrayed by the renowned, prolific actor; Denzel Washington. During his tenure at Washington Preparatory; Lars served as a head football coach/athletic director and administrative assistant to Dr. McKenna.
He has several poetic publications registered in the National Library of Poetry and has four published books of poetry; “Painted Images”, “Mind Muscle I&II” and “Reflections of Life”. He eagerly anticipates his two (2) upcoming; parent, friendly, self-help publications; “Mothers and Their S’Men An Introspective Look At Mothers Rearing Their Sons”, and “Sons Views of Their Mothers Through Adult Lenses” both are slated for release in May 2019.
Mr. Lars’ latest publication; “Dying On My Feet My Journey Times Two”, was inspired and ordained by God; he shares his life’s struggles and challenges from the age of eight years old through his becoming Acute promyelocytic free. This publication is receiving rave reviews and is said to be extremely inspiring and captivating.
His poetry publications (4) the latest being; “Mind Muscle” have been compared to that of two of the great poets of our time; Dr. Maya Angelou and Langston Hughes.
Mr. Lars has been blessed to have received many sports and academic awards, however; he is most proud of being presented with the “key” to the City of Bossier City, Louisiana, in 1993, by former (deceased) Mayor George Dement.
Mr. Lars is a well known and prolific author and his latest book "Just an ordinary Joe - George 8:46 - Your denial is your conscience” is set to debut on October 1, 2020.
Mr. Melvin Casey Lars’ superpowers are Hope, Motivation, Transformation, and Self-Actualization.
Find out more about Mr. Lars and the mission he is on, go to: www.linkedin.com/in/caseylars
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